Senate Democrats' Top Super PAC Launches First Ads in Deep-Red Mississippi Senate Race

Senate Majority PAC, the top Senate Democratic super PAC, announced Tuesday that it is launching its first ad campaign in Mississippi's U.S. Senate race, a move into one of the nation's deepest red states. The group is entering the contest for the first time this year as Democrats look for openings in Republican-leaning states to flip the Senate majority. Republicans are working to protect a slim majority. Prosecutor Scott Colom is the Democratic candidate hoping to defeat the GOP incumbent, and Democrats have not held the seat since the 1980s.

Right-leaning coverage from the Daily Caller stresses the party's long absence from the seat and relays a view that Colom is running a competitive race. Left-leaning outlets NBC News and CNN frame the buy as Democrats seeking inroads in red states, with CNN centering Colom and asking whether a win is realistic. Alternative source AP calls it an aggressive move that signals a party on the offensive, with optimism spreading across the South. All sides agree on the spending; they differ mainly in emphasis.